Ben Tankard

BIOGRAPHY

Keyboardist Ben Tankard is the Bestselling Gospel / Jazz Musician of all time with numerous Stellar, Dove, and Grammy awards, and gold albums. Ben's exciting new SmoothJazz release " Full Tank ", is his BEST recording yet and features special guests: Jazz musicians Mark Kibble / Take-6, Gerald Albright, Tim Bowman as well as Neo Soul / R & B vocals from Cynthia Jones.

* He is the founder, owner, and president Ben-Jamin Universal Music (formerly Tribute Records), the Nashville based record label that discovered and produced Yolanda Adams, Kelly Price, Twinkie Clark and many others.

* Ben’s instrumental recordings are enjoyed by millions and he is frequently summoned by Kingdom generals and organizations to release his musical anointing and teaching. These invitations include: The White House, The NBA, Dr. Creflo Dollar, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Dr. Bill Winston , Gospel & Jazz festivals and more.

* He is a certified private pilot of his own aircraft fleet and is in training to become a minority owner of an NBA Team. He serves as a motivational speaker for the NBA. His new reality TV show “ Ben Tankard's Gospel Crib”, premiers fall 2012.

* He and his wife Jewel pastor the Destiny Center Church. One Church in two locations: Murfreesboro & Nashville, TN. www.bentankard.org Booking: 615-907-0185 - bentankard@aol.com

Thicker Than Water (The Church Picnic) is another smooth jazz classic from the Godfather of Gospeljazz himself, Ben Tankard. Ben's music can be heard on his new #1 Reality TV show " Thicker Than Water : The Tankards " on NBC / Bravo on Sunday nights.

Put his name in the search engine of CDBaby and it pops up over 200 times as " liked" by other artists ! With his new CD Ben proves why he is the most respected and bestselling smooth gospel / jazz artist of all time ! Gerald Albright / Take - 6 guests.